First volume of Shaft's OVA adaptation coming October 26th

In Nisio Isin's (Monogatari, Medaka Box) and Take's (his illustrator collaborator on Katanagatari) The Kubikiri Cycle, the first book of the Zaregoto Series sees an exiled heiress gather the best minds of Japan to her remote island, including computer genius Kunagisa Tomo, accompanied by the book's unnamed narrator. Japan is getting an eight-OVA adaptation starting on October 26th, and North America is getting a new release of the book from Vertical. A first commercial is now promoting the former.